herbiehancock

   I can't hear the word, "Surprise!" without hearing the voice of Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle.    Some surprises are good like a surprise birthday party or winning the lottery.       Others, like a flat tire or unwanted company, are not so good.       My husband likes to watch the show, " Punk'd. "  Me?  I'm not a fan.  If you've never seen it, Ashton Kutcher  and his cohorts plan and execute elaborate schemes to pull off a prank on a celebrity and then make a television show out of the results.  I suppose it is amusing sometimes, but to me, it just seems like too much.  It quite often seems too extreme, too expensive, too ridiculous, and just plain mean.    I understand it is supposed to be "all in good fun," but much of the time, the person being pranked becomes so upset about what is happening before they find out the truth, that any humor that might have come out of it is lost on me. ...

My blogging friend Netster is getting married on September 12.  He asked if his blogging friends could make a video greeting for him that he could share during his wedding dinner.  I told him that I would, and this is the video that I made for him. Congratulations and best wishes to you and your lovely bride, Netster! Here are the words to the poem, if you'd like to follow along. Wedding Day Wishes To the bride and groom on this your wedding day, listen closely to me now for I have something I'd like to say. As you repeat your vows, as the husband takes his bride, remember the love you feel right now for the one that's by your side. For there will be days ahead when dinner gets burned. Mistakes will be made. Lessons will be learned. Angry words may sometimes be spoken, but please take care that no hearts are broken. Be patient and forgiving and keep your sense of humor too, because there will be times ahead when you need to share a laugh or two. The days in the future  w...

On July 27, 1985, I wore this dress, and this fellow watched me walk down the aisle. Tomorrow is our 25th wedding anniversary. Like most couples who have been married for a long time,  we have had our share of both good and bad days . We have two sons who have filled our lives with much joy. I'm working all day on our anniversary tomorrow, and my husband is out of town until the day after that, so we celebrated our anniversary with a mini-vacation over the 4th of July weekend when we both had three days off.   For our Silver anniversary we went to Silver Lake, Michigan.  The weather was beautiful as was the view.  On the other side of the lake were large sand dunes.  They don't look very big in this photo, but they looked quite big when we were climbing up and down them.  We watched the fireworks while we were there from the balcony of our hotel room.  They shot the fireworks off from the dunes out above the lake. This is my husband sitting on one of t...

Now THIS is the way to celebrate a wedding! This left me feeling their joy and sharing it, and like most weddings, it brought tears to my eyes. Seriously, it did. Yes, I know I'm a little strange. Thanks to Reenie for sending me this in an email. I LOVED it!!